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Recently I fell from the good graces of a beautiful woman who I had been courting for past four years. For when she said last Monday, “I have been observing you following me around for the past two days. What do you want ? If you do not have a valid reason for doing so […]
Rank of a word is the position of that word, when we arrange the words formed by alphabets of that given word in dictionary order. Lets see an example. To understand this type of problem just assume that we have only 3 letters A, B and C in the English alphabets then the dictionary will […]
1. What’s the reason behind doing a BRICS University Rankings, when you already have an existing set of rankings for Universities at your end? Pretty simple – I honestly think that educational systems of the emerging markets are strong, but hard to compare with the US or the UK systems / budgets / progress level. […]
Nothing succeeds like success, as the golden axiom says and aptly suits great successful corporate bosses like Lee Iacocca, Chairman of Chrysler, or Jack Welch, CEO of General Electrics (GE) or most recently, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc., to name a few. What was one thing common to them was their exemplary courage to […]
I cannot think of one word to describe this species. Self absorbed? Nah! Too kind a word and does no justice to the callous and intentionally insensitive behaviour. I would have closed on cruel but then, isn’t that word invented by drama queens in the weepy serials? I had met this hairy, lanky creature in […]
It was 2006, world cup year. That was the first time I saw this beautiful game. Ball was passed to ZIDANE and he made realize the true meaning of poetry in motion. By the way, BILL SHANKLY once famously said “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it’s […]
Admission Q&A; with Katherine Alford, Associate Director and Sara Neher, Assistant Dean of MBA Admissions 1)How would you define the Darden MBA experience to a new aspirant? Darden’s case study method, top-ranked faculty and tight-knit community combine to prepare you to lead in any organization throughout your career. Darden professors teach via the case method: […]
And I mean it in good sense ? It really makes me wonder, how come boys know so many things? I mean, if you are talking about sports, it’s not just one sport. They will know everything about every sport- football, cricket, tennis, cycling, swimming, chess. They know it all. They will know who is […]
Xavier School of Management (XLRI) has, this year, decided to hand over essays of XAT applicants to member institutes. This is in a bid to push candidates to fare better in essay writing. What this means is that any institute admitting candidates through XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) can now request XLRI to hand over (in […]
Suddenly, it occurs to me, more like a revelation of a the climax of some loosely woven thriller story ! Why do people, smokers in particular, are so fascinatingly attracted to the habit of smoking ? Is it the mild nausea , or relief you may say, which feels after each puff , that draws […]